The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-05
Windsor County.
Bethel.

THOMAS JAMES returned to st. JohnSbury,
where he is attending school, on Monday.
The sacrament of the Lords Supper
was administered at the UniverSalist and
Congregational churches on Sunday, and
six candidates were received into the latter.
Mrs. Frank Sylvester returned from
her visit TO Keene, n. H., on Saturday last.
- Charlie Stearns would like to thank
his many friends for their kindness and
sympathy during his long sickness. -
Week before last the remains of MILFORD
LaRock's seventeen-months-old child were
brought here from st. Adams for interment.
1t is seldom that we have to chronicle an
event that has more sadness in it than the
above simple announcement. Both Mr.
LaRock and his wife had before their mar
riage won the respect and esteem of all who
knew them by their faithfulncss to their
employers and uprightness to all with whom
they came in contact, and by their industry
and prudence had laid by snug little sum
with which to embark together upon LIES
voyage; but although the embarkation was
made under such favorable promises for a
pleasant future, but few of us meet with SO
much misfortune in so short a time as this
worthy young couple. First, in the bank
failure at st. Albans they lost heavily; soon
after they purchased farm in this town.
but before they had moved on to it the
house took fire and burned down; and now
comes the worst blow of all, the loss of
Inelr beautiful lUIIe cDllu. MISS
Alice Barrows has been assisting Mr. Syl-
vester in the bank for the past few days.
= Denis Shaw appeared upon the
street one day last week with fine new
double traverse sleigh which he has made
during his leisure hours from his farm work.
- Miss Ella Lincoln returned to her
place in the Weldon House, st. Adams, on
Monday last. - While the most of us
are trying to persuade our thirty or forty
hens to lay an egg or two in a day, William
McGivnay asserts that he knows it to be a
fact that one of his pullets laid two eggs in
one day recently without his Offering her
any extra inducement to do So - w.
NJ. Angler q Co. moved their clothing store
into the store recently vacated by &. |. Alb
bolt x Co. in Wilson's block the first of the
week. - An unusual sight was that of a
fine rainbow in nearly clear sky about two
o'clock on Saturday afternoon last. When
first seen it seemed to be nearly overhead,
or from six to ten degrees east of the sun,
with the outer circumference of its ring
towards the sun. - The annual Masonic
ball and concert of the White River Valley
Masonic Association has been set to take
place at the Bascom House hall on Wednes-
day evening, January Il, with the famous
Blaisdell orchestra of Concord, n. H., as
music. Although gotten up at greatly in
creased expense, the same low bill of two
dollars per couple to the concert and ball
and fifteen cents each to the concert will be
charged. All brethren are cordially in
vited. The concert of last year was pro
nounced the finest entertainment of the
season and the ball the most perfect and de-
lightful one ever held in this vicinity.
East Bethel.
THERE will he a social visit at Rev o. j.
Taylor's Thursday afternoon aud evening.
- Henry Davis had two of his fingers
badly mutilated in sawing-machine last
week. 60 Horace Clifford and wife have
returned from their visit to California.
- Mrs. Clarence Reynolds of Pomfret
is stopping with her brother, d. b. Buck
- Mrs. Marcia Smith has returned to
her home in RoXbury. - Mrs. Isaac
Thayer has "A severe attack of rheumatism
in her arm. 80 Mrs. Zeba Thayer, ninety
years of age, is visiting her daughter, Mrs
Spiller, in East Randolph.